Autumn time is ideal for some DIY projects. Longer evenings, shorter days with rainy weather make us stay at home more. Often it is good to find new creative activities for kids at home. Crafting ourselves some Christmas decorations like farmhouse coasters or small gifts will bring so much joy.

Accessories in rustic, or in modern farmhouse style is currently very trendy. Natural materials, muted tones add warmth to the room or the dining table. One of the very traditional pattern are the „grain sack” stripes. This is a typical pattern used by French and European farmers to transport grain or flour. The farmers used red, blue or grey stripes to differentiate their supplies.

You do not need much for this DIY farmhouse coasters: canva linen pieces, acrylic or chalk paint, painting tape, a sponge or a brush. I tested various paints for this project, e.g. the colorful acrylic paint for fabrics, which requires drying for approximately 24 hours and ironing through the baking paper. To get the ideal muted tones I mixed red and brown or blue and grey.

On the linen cut into rectangles I attached the painting tape to make the space for 2 or more stripes. Once you paint, remove the tape and let the fabrics dry. To get a nice finishing, use the same color of thread to sew these farmhouse coasters. A set of such farmhouse coasters wrapped with jute can be a nice gift.

The canvas lines is great for this project with its neutral grey-beige hue. The colors look vibrant on such fabric. At the end of this project I made a long lumbar in the same way. I can see the blue and grey stripes are great for larger accent pillows for this winter.